KIRKWOOD, NY…After discussions with the Sportsman teams at Five
Mile Point Speedway the weight and wheels section of the speedway rulebook has
been amended for the remainder of the 2011 racing season at the quarter
mile.Racing continues this Saturday at
6 p.m. and the rules will go in to effect immediately.

The
Sportsman division will now follow the RoC (Race of Champions) weight rules
that have been run in the past at the speedway.Teams will now be permitted to use aluminum racing wheels in weekly
competition.The weights will be as
follows:teams using steel wheels must
weigh a minimum of 2,450 lbs.Teams
using aluminum wheels must weigh a minimum of 2,500 lbs. Any one running with a
crate motor has the following two options:steel wheels must be a minimum of 2,300 lbs. aluminum wheels must weigh
a minimum of 2,350 lbs.

“After
discussions with our teams we decided to make the change with our wheels and
weights,” commented speedway owner Andrew Harpell. He added, “We are one of the only tracks
that do not allow the aluminum wheels and we wanted to make it easier for our
teams to compete at other facilities without major changes.”

The
original Sportsman rules at tracks in the northeast only permitted steel wheels
as they were cheaper in price and originally stronger than the aluminum
wheels.Pricing is now very comparable
for both style of wheels and many teams are now able to buy used aluminum
wheels from Modified teams.